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Magistrates handed Bailey a six-month conditional discharge, meaning she will face no punishment if she remains out of trouble for the next six months.

She must also pay a total of £175 in court costs and charges.

Staffordshire Police Chief Inspector Karen Stevenson said the definition of theft was "the dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it".

She said: "We would actively encourage any member of the public who picks up money that has been dropped to be honest and do the right thing by taking all reasonable steps to try and find the owner."